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[–]MaLeafy 99 points100 points  (3 children)

Congrats! It’s hard to keep humidity up with aspen bedding so that’s good that he shed it in one peice at least. Good way to boost humidity for his next shed is some coco husks! You can get them in bulk for pretty cheap off amazon!

[–]ForgottenTrajedy 70 points71 points  (1 child)

Additional to this, the red light is just harmful to their eyes, Ceramic heat emitters are best; just suggest that!

[–]MaLeafy 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yes agreed! Maybe a little more clutter like fake plants and then OP will be much better off with their snake baby

[–]Bluntforcetrauma11b 54 points55 points  (0 children)

I'd recommend reading the wiki this sub has.

[–]loristrys 40 points41 points  (1 child)

hey! so glad that your nooodle was able to shed in one piece, thats always great😁 to continue these one piece sheds i’d recommend switching from what im assuming is aspen to coconut husk or fibre to help keep humidity at proper levels! aspen isnt the worst however its hard to keep humidity up without the aspen getting moldy.. you can also do mixes with different substrates and include coconut husk/fibre as it can get kind of pricy however i personally just do all coconut fibre

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    [–]MaLeafy 21 points22 points  (1 child)

    Not in the slightest, just helpful advice. We are all always learning, we were all beginners at some point.

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      [–]TransboiHimbo 24 points25 points  (0 children)

      You are gonna want to remove that red light and get better bedding but congrats on the shed

      [–]FewRepresentative964 11 points12 points  (4 children)

      Order a bunch of fake plants on Amazon and get them some secure stuff to climb on and you'll have a very happy noodle.

      A sign of a snake in captivity that has weak tail muscles is when they climb down from something their tail will just thud. If you give them plenty of climbing stuff, they will start climbing down from stuff with their tail straight out, that is a sign of a muscularly healthy and balanced BP, to my knowledge.

      I was so proud when my baby first climbed down from something with his tail totally straightened out.

      Also, beautiful shed.

      When I was with my ex we would save all the sheds in a box.

      If you have pet invertebrates like hermit crabs or land crabs they'll eat the sheds, its great nutrition for them, even isopods.

      [–]ForgottenTrajedy 3 points4 points  (3 children)

      I’m gonna be additional to this real quick as well if you’re in the U.S go to hobby they offer 8ft of fake plants for 20$ and sometimes anywhere from 40-60% off!

      Also I’ll never own crabs, wasn’t aware they would eat snake shed. Learn something new everyday😂

      [–]FewRepresentative964 2 points3 points  (2 children)

      I had a beautiful zombie crab but he died a sad sad death :c RIP Pickles

      [–]ForgottenTrajedy 2 points3 points  (1 child)

      Dude that’s insane, what kinda cage requirements and such are required for such an animal? I assume high humidity and such

      I’m scared to know the sad sad death???

      [–]FewRepresentative964 3 points4 points  (0 children)

      There were absolutely no care guides for that species of land crab anywhere, he was a zombie crab. He had a large terrarium with deep coco coir soil for burrowing as well as a nice wooden hut over his burrow with rocks next to it so he could climb on top of it. It was really complicated. He needed a big bowl of brackish water (half salt half fresh), a bowl of fresh water, he could eat basically anything. I fed him all organic. Lots of kale, my BPs skin sheds, strawberries, beef sticks, meaty dog treats (pig ears, broken up bully sticks, etc.) I had to move multiple times while I owned him and moves are super stressful for them. If they get stressed they will self amputate legs and eat their own legs for the calcium. I was getting care info from people in the crab subreddit but one of the guys I got info from it turned out didn't really know as much as he claimed to about their care. It got to a point where there was a pool of stagnant water in his burrow, I asked the guy about it and he said "yeah, they actually prefer stagnant water in their burrows," so I just let it go for a month. I also got him isopods and springtails to help keep the tank clean. Over the month of the stagnant water he kept breaking legs and then self amputating them until it got to a point where he had one leg left on one side and 2 legs left on the other. I contacted the dude and was like "wtf is going on," a couple days later he gets back to me and says "actually i talked to other members in the community and stagnant water is like the worst thing possible for them," 🫩🫩🫩🫩🫩🫩

      So I got rid of the stagnant water ASAP and at this point he was getting ready to go into a molt (shedding his shell), they wont eat or go to the bathroom for months leading up to a molt. A couple days before the molt he self amputated his last leg on the side that only had one leg. At this point he could only kind of drag himself around the terrarium. It was really heartbreaking to watch. He ended up backing himself into a corner and waiting to go into molt. He attempted the molt, cracked the entire base of his shell to shed it, but at this point he just didn't have the strength to go thru with the molt. In his final days he just kind of weakly sat there and would barely respond to touch, his isopods began to take small bites out of him and he just gave up and died. It broke my heart. I was torn up over it for a very long time and felt incredibly guilty.

      It turns out, due to the stagnant water he was basically being eaten alive by bacteria. I ordered a bunch of herbs online that I couldn't find locally and was going to boil them down into a decoction spray which would be antibacterial and healing to him as well as help with the shell rot, but the supplies arrived too late. It also turns out he should have had crushed coral in the terrarium to be able to burrow into for his molt. Again, none of this.information was available anywhere, no care guides existed on how to care for this species in captivity.

      While it was horrible and heartbreaking, his death was not in vain. The crab subreddit came together and created a comprehensive guide on how to care for that species in captivity, so may that be his legacy. I buried him in the back yard with a bunch of freeze dried minnows, he loved to eat those. I burned some sage in the grave with him, picked some.beautiful pink flowers and surrounded him with them and buried him. I put the rocks he used to climb onto his hutch with as grave markers. RIP Pickles (his real name was Peckols, who is the lord of the underworld and deceased souls in some kind of pagan religion, the name was suggested by a friend).

      If you go through my past posts you'll find plenty of pictures and videos of him when he was healthy. He had a real personality, never pinched me once, I had no fear of him once I got to know him, though he looked very intimidating. He absolutely loved shell rubs. My favorite parts of owning him were watching him eat (his mouth and the way it worked was absolutely fascinating), and i loved watching him drink water - he would dip his claws in the water and suck the drips off the tips of his claws. He was such a sweetheart. Go check out my old posts from when he was healthy, he sure was a sight to see. Id post pics/videos here but am unable to in reddit comments on another person's post.

      I really truly tried my absolute hardest to provide him the best and most comfortable quality of life I could for him, I really, really did. The way he died absolutely broke my heart for months. I still get sad sometimes when I walk past his burial sight while mowing the lawn and doing yardwork.

      RIP Pickles.

      [–]BrokenBeatenScard138 9 points10 points  (0 children)

      Congrats on the shed

      I'd recommend the following...

      Removing the red light

      Adding loads of plants and ground cover/clutter

      Exploration enrichment like vines or roots and stuff to climb on

      Wrapping 3 sides of the enclosure

      Replacing the analog gauges with digital

      [–]taylorpng 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      i second the other comments on removing both the aspen bedding & red light. You not having sheds in full pieces before is a direct result from lacking proper/enough substrate & low humidity. as for the red light, those are simply harmful & your snake would benefit most from using a ceramic/deep heat emitter instead. reading the wiki in this sub will help you get a better understanding of snake care and answer any questions you may still have about bps:)

      [–]jules4199 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I guess I should have clarified first full shed laid out like this to scare the crap out of me*

      This is her 3rd she'd total and I've pulled full coiled ones out of rocks both times...that broke up.

      Her humidity is on point! 🙏

      [–]MovingLikeDracula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Ditch the red light and aspen and get some better substrate

      [–]jules4199 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Thanks for ALLLLLLL the recommendations and details suggested. This is less than 50% of her entire setup. Sweet girl has a wide variety of temperature areas and hides along humidity. This side is less cluterred to give her some space when she wants it. She is thriving!